Elachista bedellella (Sircom, 1848)
grey dwarf
mine
Blotch in the leaf tip; the upper side is practically flat, the lower side can turn somewhat to purple. The larva may mine 2-3 leaves.
host plants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Arrhenatherum elatius; Avena; Festuca ovina, stricta subsp. sulcata; Helictochloa pratensis; Phleum; Poa nemoralis, trivialis.
phenology
Larvae in two generations: one from September to end-April (hibernating in the mine), a second in June – July (Bland, 1996a; Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen, 1977a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, and Bulgaria, and from Britain to Central Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Larva young yellowish white, later grey green; head light brown; pronotum with two parallel length lines, slightly widening rearwards and divided by a narrow uncoloured stripe.
pupa
Described by Patočka (1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
references
Baldizzone (2004a), Baran, Mazurkiewicz & Pałka (2007a), Bidzilya, Budashkin & Zhakov (2016a), Biesenbaum (1999a), Bland (1996a), O Hoffmann (1893a), Hering (1957a), Kaila (2007a), Kaila, Nupponen, Junnilainen, Nupponen, Kaitila & Olschwang (2003a), Parenti & Domínguez (1995a), Parenti & Varalda (1994a), Patočka (1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (1998a), Pröse (1981a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977a), Wörz (1957a).